An Effective Method to Test the Ideas of Social Learning

question 113

Multiple Choice

An effective method to test the ideas of social learning theory would be to:

• A)prime participants with pictures of faces or with numbers before they are asked to complete a math test.
• B)create a novel task for participants to learn and then have them learn the task either with the assistance of experienced others or on their own.
• C)ask a group of inventors and scientists how they came up with their most groundbreaking ideas.
• D)randomly assign participants to complete a task in which they either learn about famous people or learn about famous places,and assess how well they perform on each type of task.

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